GOAL: This session provides
additional support for newbie bloggers and is a follow-up to the previous
webinar Blogs: Easy-to-Make Web Pages
with Ol’ Myrt here and my daughter Carrie Keele available for review here.

PROCESS: During Friday's webinar, Ol' Myrt will briefly
review the 3-step blog set-up process discussed during our last session, then focus
on composing creative blog posts, inserting graphics including captions with
attribution. Learn about the advisability of end notes and using MS Word for composing.
We’ll discuss disclosure statements, and how a blog can literally be a portfolio
to build interest in your society, or professional research service.

Blogs are
so easy, you'll be up and blogging in no time at all.

SOME SURPRISING STATISTICS

You aren’t alone if you are new to blogging. During our last webinar session,
the moderator asked:

“Do you have a personal or genealogy
blog?”

·21% Yes

·52% No

·27% Thinking about it

“Do you subscribe to genealogy blogs?”

·34% Yes, via email

·19% Yes, via a blog reader like Google Reader

·46% No, not yet

Does your genealogy society publish a
newsletter?

·19% Yes, in paper format

·39% Yes, in paper and digital format

·22% Yes, in digital format

·21% Not yet

NOT TO WORRY!Ol’ Myrt here will provide a step-by-step
approach to creating a blog, and making postings using the free service at Blogger.com. This is a proven method for
sharing genealogy research, posting your society's newsletter, and distributing
info with extended family members. This webinar will also feature a survey of
sample blogs, and links for additional help.

1 comment:

I started a blog when Pat gave this webinar almost 2 years ago - I did it in real time as she showed us how and it was what it took to get me going! I'm not real prolific, and I mostly just blog family history, but I have a blog! It's a lot easier to do than many realize.